1 cup apple sauce
1/2 cup apple butter
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup maple syrup
Directions
Combine all the ingredients in a saucepan and simmer until bubbly.
Makes 2 1/4 cups of sauce.
Servings: 6 servings
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Categories: Apple; Fruit; Meat; Pork; Sauce
The History of Recipes
Transcribed cooking instructions as a concept can be found way back into antiquity, in fact as far back into recorded history as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and possibly even further than that. In practice though, generally, these ancient records were just primitive hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for preparing meals.
Fascinatingly, the most ancient recipe discovered so far, according to academics are a few ancient tablets in Sumerian which show the baking of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made people feel exhilarated. Progressing into The time of the roman empire around 25BC a roman called Apicius compiled a few scripts showing how to cook the recipes prepared by his fellow Romans. In his publication, Apicius recounts how the meals were separated into appetizers, entrees and afters, something we still use today. This early Roman chef informs us how the ancient cooks used many different spices and herbs, including a few that are still present in modern kitchens for example basil, mint and parsley. As our culinary historical trip moves to more modern times there were a couple of books published in the 14th Century - a cookery book published under the title `Forme of Cury`, and another named `Curye on Inglish`. Don`t be fooled by the titles though, these two books are nothing to do with the spicy food that is familiar to us all today, but rather descriptions of the types of food prepared by the cooks of the nobility of the time. In the 15th century, people returning from the crusades brought us many new foods and spices from middle-east cuisine, such as coriander, basil and rosemary. These new culinary innovations led to a surge in manuscripts on cookery, many of which are now in private collections. Over the following few centuries, the rich and powerful families of Wesstern Europe strove to serve the most extravagent banquests, and because of this cooks and their recipes were at a premium. Notwithstanding that, it was during the 1800s that cooking and recipe collections rose to prominence. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Farmer in the USA, devoted their lives to collating, testing, and recording recipes common in their social group. When we get to the 1900s, cookery publications are starting to become popular as a result of higher levels of literacy, people having more free time and having more disposable income. The arrival of TV brings us celebrity TV chefs and the demand for the spin-off recipe books. Which brings us neatly up to date and the invention of the internet, allowing us all to access thousands of recipes like those on this site. |
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